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Surprising here is not the outcome, it happened in history and not once. But the ease with which it has happened. Why? The binary political system naturally drives different groups and cliques together: the primary goal is not to advance certain view and agenda in the interests of the society but to win and rule, in the interests, mostly, of itself. Around it there's a cloud of words, postures and performances but it changes little in the essence. So in my understanding of it, the Republican party has and had for a while at least these groups in it: 1. The angry populists 2. The political establishment 3. and hopefully, the Constitutional fraction that respects the values and claims of freedom and democracy. The first group was always there and kept forming projects and caucuses: Tea Party, Freedom (ironically) caucus, and others throughout history. Revealing these days is that the establishment part really had no foundation, principles: it would undersign anything and anyone that would give them a chance to win. That of course was the cause of its own demise: they needed populist loudmouths like Trump; came to depend on them to guide them to the power, having created and sustained no viable alternatives to this course. But trumps, they do not need them, because they can talk to their cults directly. Never thought it could happen. Oh well. But what puzzles me really is the third group. In all of this, it has never come into the public view. Never attempted to form a consistent position, and message to the public. No known even informal groups common to the other side. Why? Sure we heard names but those are individuals, Chaney, Haley. But from the perspective of the outside world, it appears as the sane, Constitutional and principled wing of GOP just doesn't exist. A paradox? I have no explanation. And so, in the time of uncertainty as the voice of a charismatic populist is amplified by the first faction and the second simply folds in, there's nothing left to stop the rising tide of populism. That was easy.

He's almost 70. I doubt he needs to worry much about what Trudeau does to him. He's got to be thinking about retirement anyway. What will be more interesting is when younger, ambitious MPs and ministers start talking out of turn, especially the English ones, who might see themselves as in the running to replace him in a leadership competition.

the CIA is all in favour of invading and attempting to nation build in third world failed states so if Trudeau & Poilievre were assets of the CIA, they would be gung-ho to invade & annex Haiti that's exactly the sort of misguided military adventure which the CIA specializes in the only military capability which Canada has for those sorts of CIA interventions is Canadian Special Operations Forces Command ( CANSOFCOM ) Joint Task Force 2 Joint Task Force X Canadian Special Operations Regiment 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron but again, this leads right back to Somalia in 1993 Canadian Black Hawk Down scenario

What a load of bullshit: just give it all to psycho bandits and hope they'll leave you in peace. Or now that they see that you're weak they'll come for more. Every time. Which one would it be? Guess. Centuries, millennia of memories, expeience: all for nothing. Yes it's possible: just look.

In the times of WWII the top establishment of the Catholic church was ambivalent on Nazis and their crimes. Past decades and generations, history books and discussions and lo: another brand of fascism is rising in Europe; it is as aggressive, bloodthirsty and inhumane. And the Pope is calling for a ceasefire and negotiations. With Hitler: seek a compromise understanding and a peaceful resolution. How can moral blindness, total, absolute ignorance of such magnitude, repeatedly, twice in a row, be explained by an institution claiming itself to be a moral compass of the humanity? There's one answer that is both simple and explanatory: the opaque, ultimately hierarchical institutions that is a relic of the ages and forms of organization long past are also the ones that are most likely to misconstrue the reality and produce wrong assessments of it. Even repeatedly, in a row. Even in cases as black and white as can possibly be. This is a fact now: the history. Anyone with a functional mind cannot ignore it.

With this speech, I reckon that Biden won his re-election in November 2024. ===== To win in 2024, Biden needs certain critical counties in certain critical states He just did that. He motivated his base.

A 19 year old student from Sri Lanka is being charged with the murder of six people who he was staying with. This is horrific news. Capital punishment for murder must be brought back. If for nothing else but to carry out justice and send a message that this is completely unacceptable.

^lDIOT poster had not heard what Trump said about immigrants speaking languages that NO ONE speaks in the US. Start at 2:41 You're welcome.

I must agree with you. I remember way back when i was in school, i always thought that once i finished school, all the childish nonsense that went on in the schoolyard would end in the working world. Phk, was i ever wrong to think that. I found it much worse when i entered the working world. I found that there were more men acting more like children out there in the working world than there were in school in my days. One would expect children to be a bit naive about life in the working world, but boy, did i ever get a good slap in the face. 😇

Military KNEW that MULTIPLE vaccinations were NOT optional when they signed up. Why would that be investigated? Did ANYONE have credible evidence to justify that? Never heard of ANY. 2000 out of MILLIONS is insignificant. You don't seem to understand the statistics. Maybe a dozen people died from the J&J blood clots. In the US ONE MILLION died from COVID. Risks are ALWAYS RELATIVE. Because there were much greater dangers from COVID. Duh No one has caught the FDA or the pharma company trials "cheating." There are ALWAYS going to be ALLEGATIONS of harm; ACTUAL EVIDENCE, not so much. You have to look at the statistics to PROVE that harm that happened was GREATER than NORMAL. Like this cite: If you

I crave for a day when i will see white people get a White History Month and be recognized for how the white folk have done a tremendous job of trying to make the world a better place to live and thrive in. Something you left wing Marxist liberal loonies do not ever want to see happen. Why do white liberals like yourself hate your white colored skin anyway? Do you carry that much white guilt-ridden nonsense by chance? Get over your white woke guilt privilege sillyness and get on with your life. 😁 Equality means that if blacks can have a black history month, than why cannot white people have a history month named in their honor also? It is racism not to do so. 😇

Helping people in misery will lift you out of misery after your death

You are embedded with Qanon conspiracy shit aren't you? And suggesting they should be changed for ones that actually judge on public opinion and not the law itself, turn it into some political shithole institution like in the USA by claiming that it already is. F*ck that idea of electing Judges and Law Enforcement by popular opinion. Yes, let's avoid the thinking it's morally wrong altogether and run around inventing new ways to kill, like Alabama. simply because that's always been that way and so cannot change. Or in your case because it says so in this particular book, the latter half of which I will ignore altogetherl. Nitrogen? Pushed out the airlock of an orbiting jail? !6 ton weights dropped from a helicopter? But, but Your Honour, I killed my wife painlessly so it isn't really murder....

True. But I've seen how secondary requirements not particularly necessary to the job have gotten people promoted beyond their means a number of times. And I and close friends have run into such people and had to deal with their floundering. DEI introduces a set of criteria immaterial to the work which is not applied evenly. When your bonus depends on hiring/promoting members of preferred identity groups you are going to put pressure on your subordinates to FIND them. And those subordinates are going to have to compromise, at times, and hire people they otherwise would not.

Yes, you welcome moving away from our heritage of Judeo-Christian civilization and embrace secular humanism, which is a form of religion, that denies the Biblical God and favours the pagan god of humanism. Humanism is defined: -an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems. The fallacy of humanism is, as you see in the definition, that it stresses a false dogma which rejects God's revelation to man which tells us mankind is sinful and corrupt. The evidence of history proves that mankind is sinful and corrupt from start to finish. By ignoring that fact and the need for God's revelation and the one and only Savior, mankind is condemning itself to anarchy and disaster and a lost eternity.

Oh, I'm lying? Great, then you can point out where you did, in fact, correct your false statements attributing the content of the article to Yahoo News rather that the actual publisher, USA Today. See, a decent, honest person has no problem admitting a simple error. You fundamentally dishonest types will say anything to deflect and deny, even when we can all see the simple truth in stark black and white. So a casual observation that doesn't much matter will become a multi-post circus that will drag on until you slink away again. Good times...

I know.' Most of the time you see a really bad gov't you think "we really need recall legislation". With those two you think "we really need an ejection seat".

For sure. Calling people 'settlers' or 'colonials' or 'whitey' or the like will mean nothing. Saying 'men are pigs' won't count either. Saying 'white people are privileged and owe us money" won't. Calling someone a "cis white male" in a derrogatory way won't fall under this law. But call someone a fat lesbian and enjoy the next 20 years in jail.

Even Warren Buffet knows something is wrong when he pays less income tax than his secretary.

Undocumented immigrants are not stupid enough to risk voting when they have virtually NOTHING to gain and EVERYTHING they fought for and BOUGHT to LOSE. Voter impersonation fraud (what is targeted by voter ID) is virtually non-existent because it is INEFFECTIVE at swinging an election. You've been watching too much FOS LIES and fear mongering about a non-existent threat to democracy. Do you know WHY it's ineffective? To swing an election would take THOUSANDS of conspirators getting past the OTHER checks, and doing so in SECRECY. WHENEVER you have that many people involved, it is VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE to keep it secret. IF voter ID worked to corrupt an election, it would be completely worth the effort to manufacture FAKE IDs, but IT DOESN'T. Everyone ELSE knows what WORKS is suppressing the vote in specific neighborhoods with very long lines with NO ALTERNATIVES, which is WHY Republicons do THAT. Of course, I don't expect you to believe LOGIC over the fear mongering from PROVEN LIARS, cause you are a FOOL. As usual, you have NO REBUTTAL, so cue your parroting of your juvenile name calling. 🤮

He's got his police pension AND his parliamentary pension and has been earning over 300 grand a year for quite some time now - i doubt he'll be relying on the food bank that's for sure. I would imagine there will be a cabinet shuffle some time this year. He's tried damn near everything else to stop his fall and the last shuffle didn't do much so he'll probably try it again.

1. Not my experience. But valid. Even so, your top choice given equal qualifications doesn't mean those who missed the cut were unqualified. Some of the DEI promotion is there to counteract known effects of the subjective judgment you yourself believe in.

There are few who project better than robolies. Well done, comrade, WELL DONE!

Haiti is one of the world's worst places and is full of criminals and gangs. We should have nothing to do with it. Canada has lots of problems of its own and we should look after Canadians first. I think most Canadians would agree.

Oh please, Herbie. You aren't that naive. The judges are in control, not the Charter or Constitution. Change the nine judges and the decisions they make on what's constitutional will change, too. They didn't rule that was unconstitutional because it offended the Charter or offended Canadians but because it offended THEM. As an example, they found that forcing a mass murderer to remain in jail without the possibility of parole for over 50 years was 'degrading in nature and thus incompatible with human dignity' because“it negates, in advance and irreversibly, the penological objective of rehabilitation”. Okay. But no one anywhere at any time has ever said that rehabilitation is the only objective of incarceration or that it should outweigh all other objectives. Except they decided it does. Even for people who have murdered multiple children. Nor, realistically, has anyone suggested the prison system is particularly good at rehabilitation anyway. And in dealing with questions like that we move outside of the area of their actual expertise or purpose and into ideological decisions. THEY decide that rehabilitation trumps all other concerns for everyone. They do that not based on law but based on their own ideological beliefs. And in doing that they supplant the authority of elected representatives.

Good question! The answers are to do with indoctrination. The institution has mechanisms in place right from day one in the education system to indoctrinate its people to believe a certain narrative that they are right about everything and everyone outside the institution is wrong. After all they believe they were ordained by God to be God's representative on earth. This is what we are up against. Pretty tough hill to climb. The only way to counter this is with God's written revelation, the Bible. The reason is because God inspired men to write it. The Bible is a light than can expose darkness and false religion.

Haiti is a waste of time and effort. We already have Quebec, why would we want another French problem??? We (the world) have sent billions upon billions of dollars for decades and sent police and sent military and this country is still a peice of shit. I have friends that had to go down there and said they are the laziest people on earth. They do nothing to help themselves . The men sit on stoops and smoke and then go screw the women and make babies.

While I don't particularly think we need to be armed for protection against government the way Americans are, I can not help but notice in our Wyoming business we have property scattered all over in remote places that would be impossible to "make secure" from theft and vandalism. Yet over the last 40 years I can only remember a couple incidents of minor theft ever occurring. One can not help but notice that EVERY pickup has a rifle or two in the back window, and a large portion of the population carries handguns. Would be thieves know this and realize that people seriously believe in protecting their families, homes, properties and neighbours. I am always amused that most people think incarceration is some kind of punishment for criminals. I have learned that there are 3 kinds of people in jail: those who didn't think that what they were doing was criminal; those who feel safer "inside" (not a big percentage, but a definite group); and those who consider their time inside part of their career. This is where they broaden the network of criminal associates and learn many of the skills of the trade. That is why there needs to be some kind of consequence in the unlikely event you are ever caught being a criminal in this country - not rewarded by career advancement. The risk of a bullet in the brain from your victims can be an effective deterrent.

It might have started in previous governments but this recent liberal government put the nail in the coffins...Purple hair and manbuns has already proven that it is not working it is a failed experiment, it is not attracting the type of people the military needs.... I don't recall focussing on one element, i did use the word military , which includes all 3 elements...it is important to have tough physical fitness standards in ALL 3 elements, it helps with enduring heat, long hours, hard physical work...when was the last time you seen a 300 lb SAR tech...might be a reason for that...They have their own fitness levels, much different than say what you find in a herc sqn...or in the Infantry, there is a forces fitness level, which anyone can pass, The entire military has one fitness standard, on top of that each element has their own fitness standards, getting to a combat unit and you'll find they also have their own standards...why because the CF standards are to low...the Army standard is to low...And to be in combat you need to be fit both mentally and physically...regardless of element you serve in...A supply tech, Admin clerk, traffic tech, in the field still needs to do the same stuff as an infanteer, dig holes, shoot, move, communicate...in all weather and climates...that requires to be fit...those that are not are going to be a safety issue for all the others... Army commanders are only allowed to promote PTES to one hookers on their own accord..., everything else is done through the Career manger...No exceptions...no message no promotion... PER merit boards are a not the end all be all, lots of politics and who you know goes into one....and if the senior staff decide that sugar tits is get promoted before joe blow thats what happens...It use to be if your boss knew how to write and was creative you stood a chance, now there is no more than one short sentence per bullet point, no stories, just straight to the point....nothing is what it use to be... Can't talk about air trades, but today everyone in all elements use the same system, as for the old system you talk about was proven not to be fair...it was more about who you knew and what weight they held within that unit...and if you could convince they majority sitting around the table that your guy was the best, he got promoted...if your boss was not a very good orator or could not make a convincing argument then that soldier did not do well at the boards...unless another person stood up for that individual...which does not happen that often, but it does happen... What i found funney is nothing has changed in the maritimes times are tough, and they are not flocking to the recruiting centers, becasue the military offers very little, compared to out west..for the same reason no one else is flocking to recruiting centers, government has painted the military as womanizers,a poisoned environment, where charts and boards rule who gets in and who gets promoted...pay is below the average canadian wage, the equipment sucks, discipline has gotten bad, Snr ncos are being threaten with harassments if they dare discipline any soldiers... and people are leaving faster than they can be replaced.... the military is not competitive with other jobs across the country..... Not sure what to tell you the military you left is not even recognizable today...take 2 RCR as an example they have a company and a half in LATVIA, and 90 troops in Gagetown, most of those 90 troops in Gagetown have their releases in today....those in Latvia were told to wait until they got home, and a good chunk of them are getting out...thats one unit...every unit is having major issues.... You mentioned Air craft maintainers, i talked to a Airframe tech working in cold lake on CF-18's over the xmas holidays they are short about a 1/3 of their people to keep jets flying...he says they are burning out, working 10 to 12 hours a day...just to keep up... some of those sources i gave you mentioned a 50 percent serviceability rate with some aircraft below that number , while you were in ever seen numbers that low...in the BN we had LAV serviceability rates as low as 30 to 40 percent, maintainers would work over the weekends and long work weeks to get us up so we could send one company out with a full compliment of LAVS, there are 3 rifle companies per BN...and we could only fill one companies worth of vehicles and soldiers...we use to get to the exercise in school buses, thats right yellow school busses it is a good look for the Army...And you know what the media has covered all of this ....i don't think a day goes by when the media has a story on our military...Army, Navy, Air Force your military s long dead...Mine military as i retired in 2015 is dead as well...

Hey, Goofus, I know you like randomly ranting about stuff being "far left" (despite not having any idea what that actually means) but Yahoo News doesn't have any political bent. They are a news aggregator, as happy to reprint Fox as anything else. The article you're whining about currently is from USA Today. Go cry to them about it.🙄

Earth. There is no single Indigenous language, so that's the only name every single Indigenous person knows. Lotusland Gold Mountain Rinse Poopert Bill's Puddle New Dhelta Foreskin James Tofu-No Hooterville Plenty of local nicknames, but none for the whole thing.... (got a spam call claiming to be Amazon, but the call display came from "mount Waddington"... about as middle of nowhere as one could possibly get let alone have a telephone exchange)

That's already extensively explained in some of the above posts. Go and read them. Or are you just wanting to foment a result that fits your twisted reality.

Just found a website that may clarify the legality in Canada. " The Criminal Code of Canada does not state that Canadians do not have the right to use a gun for self protection. In fact, Section 34 clearly defines that Canadians have every right to act reasonably to protect themselves, their family, their property and to protect other people, against a threat. Section 2(b) discusses other options that may be available. Under this heading, it implies that non-violent options should be explored first and that calling 911 would be considered a reasonable first step if the situation allows. It also discusses whether or not the assailant has a weapon as that would determine reasonability in a response to a threat. The key word in all of this is “reasonable”. The criminal code does not grant carte blanche use of firearms but it certainly does not forbid reasonable use in a self protection capacity. " The right to self defence in Canada (beyondthenarrative.ca) The problem for this man was he took his firearm outside to deal with the suspects. That would seem to weaken his chances of claiming self-defence. So he lost his firearms. I don't know if there is a process he could follow to get them back. Maybe. If I interpret this explanation correctly, if someone is stealing your vehicle, you have no right to go after them with a gun since you personally are not threatened. It would appear that there is no right to use a gun to protect private property in Canada. The laws may be different for security guards protecting banks and other property. If an armed person breaks into your home with a gun or knife and you or your family feel seriously threatened, that would be a special circumstance but each case has to be examined on its own. You may be required to warn the intruder to give him an opportunity to back away, leave immediately, or drop his weapon. If he has a gun drawn, that may be a special circumstance where you don't have time to warn him. But each case may be different.

What's the indigenous name for Earth I wonder?

Canada did once recruit a formation with such a religion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry raised by Andrew Hamilton Gault on 10 August 1914 Commissioned by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught & Starthaern The Right Honorable Governor General of Canada, third son of Queen Victoria in the name of his daughter, Princess Patricia, to become Lady Patricia Mountbatten whom woved the regimental colour with her own hand the Ric-A-Dam-Doo ; Cloth of Our Mother for a unit of Boer War veterans, one thousand of them recruited in just ten days to fight on the Western Front for George V, The Peoples King Victoria Patricia

IT'S ALWAYS been about women's rights from the day the Republican MAJORITY SCOTUS gave us RvW. Duh

Quips the Chump . . .

The UNRWA should not even exist. It has probably helped to prolong this generations long crisis. The Palestinians are the only people on Earth who are still considered 'refugees' while sitting on their own land three generations after a conflict. Nobody considers the descendants of the million Jews expelled from the surrounding Arab countries as refugees. You know why? Because they were taken in by Israel and given citizenship.

Irresponsible populism paves the way to authoritarianism.

Sure we do, we're just not big on vengeance.

Trump hasn't set anything, he isn't in office. The SCOTUS said it is up to the states so he couldn't do anything even if he was president. No doctor will perform an abortion late in pregnancy except to save a woman's life. If suggesting we execute 18 year olds on a mother's whim isn't extreme, I don't know what is. It's f**king looney toons.

what the US population has to worry about is that historically once the strong man is selected then its strongman forever until major upheaval. as i've mentioned in other posts. Trump has normalized lies, violence, cognitive distortions and bias. these things used to be called out and vilified within both parties in the US. now its celebrated. its a long road back.

I'll comment only once here, this is quite characteristic of the rising loudmouth populism headed by none else but a pathologically lying buffoon. We are free of any responsibility for anything we do, while you're to blame for all that is happening. This level of mentality of course is nowhere near sufficient to face and overcome increasingly complex challenges of this time. So the outcome of this adventure is very well known if and long before it begins.

Why do you think it's more important? While I contend that the partisan, binary political system generally exacerbates and encourages move to the extreme ends of the spectrum, Democrats have not yet threatened the foundations of the free market system, so "left" is really a stretch or misnomer here. On the other hand, not only selected individuals but a large group that is taking over the Republican party, has quite openly been playing into the hands of totalitarian dictators like Putin; and hinting not once of doing away with NATO just at this time. If the new axis of totalitarian tyrants is on the America's doorstep while it willingly undermined and destroyed the alliances built by generations, what would be the higher priority, and a threat?

People have forgotten that the democrat party more or less created Donald Trump. The more stupid and overbearing the democrats get, the more pushback they will receive from the citizenry.

I think it's more important to discuss just how far left the Democrats have moved since Bill Clinton. Right now, they are firmly in Bernie Sanders territory. Joe did appoint Bernie as an economic advisor...a socialist as an economic advisor.

Hardly. It's an example of you not understanding the meaning of gears which don't work.

Mr "Christian" and self-professed Pro Lifer wants to bring back capital punishment. Hypocrisy at it's finest.

Capital Punishment has been rolled back in a few jurisdictions. I think that people eventually become so distrustful of government and the system that they didn't trust it too not kill innocent people. I think that the state shouldn't have the right to take your life.

roflmao - Well you'd know about that best And still following me around like a puppy trying to massage your ego i see you've added Mike to the 'cdnfox made me cry' support group LOL Hey - guess what - 100 - 50 still equals 50 and according to the research you posted it was less safe for healthy males under 40 to take the vaccine. etc etc Running around crying like a baby doesn't change that.